# Today's semi-comprehensible Ebay listing brought to from Uruypinsk, Volgogradskaja **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443 "2005-10-02T13:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/21 "2005-10-03T02:34:44Z")
> [@singlefile](#): > > As much as I would love a pair of those, my sock drawer overfloweth. However… if you figure out the secret to knitting, that would interest me. I can sew anything, and I do mean anything. I’ve done parade costumes, wedding gowns, a golf bag, and even saddle bags for a crotch rocket, but I cannot knit. I start out okay and then it just gets tighter and tighter till I can’t get the needle in the holes. When I develop the technology, I am going to make it so people can just either swallow a pill to help them with whatever hobby they want to start or be able to upload the skills of an 80 year old knitting grannie into their brain. However, I need to win the lottery first. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/22 "2005-10-03T02:38:12Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Sombody set us up the socks. What you say!! You have no chance to sourvive make your time! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/23 "2005-10-03T03:26:27Z")
I’m planning to knit something from my dog’s fur. She sheds a lot, and I’ve been saving it. It’s such a pretty color! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/24 "2005-10-03T03:46:47Z")
Please don’t. One day at a friend’s place I met a woman who owns Leonbergers (a very big dog with nice fluffy fur). She was the first, last ond _only_ person I ever met who admitted to knitting a sweater from dog hair. She was also – and for many other reasons than this – a complete nutjob. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/25 "2005-10-03T04:02:28Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No, the poor thing looks _very_ sad. ☹ I’m guessing he’s just permanently confused. He probably spends most of his waking life trying to figure out what he’s supposed to do. At the very moment this picture was snapped I bet his owner was screaming something like “sit and go, wool Dog! Hurry up! 100% don’t roll over good for stay!” ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/26 "2005-10-03T04:30:50Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Then you can walk around all winter with a little pussy warming your hands. > > 😃 Ooh, ooh! Could you make me some earmuffs? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/27 "2005-10-03T11:00:57Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I’m confused. Are socks from the dog wool necessary for ALL! or just for people with sick legs? My thought that is if you have sick legs and dog wool is good for them, why not just rub your feet on your dog all day long? Then because of the static electricity you can stick Rover to the Ceiling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/28 "2005-10-03T11:54:26Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > What you say!! > > You have no chance to sourvive make your time! All your socks are belong… ah, someone got there first 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/29 "2005-10-03T12:48:30Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > I’m guessing he’s just permanently confused. He probably spends most of his waking life trying to figure out what he’s supposed to do. At the very moment this picture was snapped I bet his owner was screaming something like “sit and go, wool Dog! Hurry up! 100% don’t roll over good for stay!” I’ll give that joke a 7.5. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/30 "2005-10-03T14:55:46Z")
I’m booking my flight to the Caucusus for next spring. I want to be there for the annual Rodeo and Dog Shearing Contest. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/31 "2005-10-03T22:05:23Z")
Bwa-ha-ha. I relly like this sort of thing (yes, I know about _[engrish.com](http://engrish.com)_ ;)). _“High quality cheap cannot be”_. _“Buy and be not ill”_. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/32 "2005-10-03T22:30:56Z")
In Russia, dog wears YOU! Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/33 "2005-10-03T22:38:05Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > I’m guessing he’s just permanently confused. He probably spends most of his waking life trying to figure out what he’s supposed to do. At the very moment this picture was snapped I bet his owner was screaming something like “sit and go, wool Dog! Hurry up! 100% don’t roll over good for stay!” I think he’s about as disturbed by dog-wool socks as the rest of us. He’s thinking, “You’re going to do _what_ with my fur? On your _feet_? What the hell is wrong with you?” ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/34 "2005-10-03T23:06:21Z")
[Knitting with Doghair](http://www.transom.org/shows/2002/200207.kestecher.doghair.html), a radio mockumentary from [Transom.org](http://Transom.org). I listened to it on the Transom podcast without listening to the description and got totally sucked in by it. Whoooosh. So I warn you in advance. See if you can figure out how much of it is for real. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/35 "2005-10-04T01:59:37Z")
Actually, I had a weaver ask for my afghan hound’s hair that I would save from the constant (and with an afghan, it’s _constant_) grooming. It was wonderfully soft and she wanted to spin and weave with it. I see no reason why it wouldn’t’ve made lovely knitting yarn, too. StG ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/36 "2005-10-04T02:07:26Z")
I once read this as a tip on Martha Stewart’s website. Basically, take all the fur that you get when you brush your dog, and then have it spun into yarn. I have six cats, and considering how much fur I get out of Misty alone, I could probably outfit an entire village with warm sweaters for a year. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443/37 "2005-10-04T13:03:38Z")
I’m all for taking up a collection to buy the dog, to get him the hell away from those people. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-semi-comprehensible-ebay-listing-brought-to-from-uruypinsk-volgogradskaja/324443.md?page=1)